The 80th Anniversary of Mu Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega was the main reason for the trip. I was an undergraduate when the 40th was held, so I felt it was time for a return. When I was there, the fraternity was all male. It became co-ed sometime in the 70's. In my day, the membership was 25-30 and it was going down. It is very vibrant today with a membership of 100 and a pledge class of 40 this fall. They are very active with service projects.
There was one brother who pledged in 1961 and 3 from my pledge class and that was all from the 60s and early 70s. Kent Smith was the brother from 61. We chatted with him and his wife and it turned out that he was the program director at Camp Buffalo in 1963, my 3rd year there as a camper. I didn't clearly remember him, but we had a lot of acquaintances in common.
Dennis Williamson and Paul Irwin were from my pledge class. Both had gone into professional Scouting, Paul briefly and Dennis for 7 or 8 years. Both stayed in Bloomington, Paul with the university and Dennis with the Health Department. Paul is currently an advisor to the chapter.
We drove around IU and I showed Susan the highlights from my years there. More was the same than different. The memorial union was much the same. The dinner was in Alumni Hall which had not changed at all.
I am about the 6th from the left in the group picture.
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